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QUESTION 1:

Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc

COMPANYS PROFILE:
Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. was established in 1973 and it is an independent firm providing comprehensive services and objective advices. This firm provides consulting assistance to corporations in order to develop compensation programs for senior executives, key employees snd board of directors.

MISSION STATEMENT:
We are exclusively a compensation consulting firm and provide comprehensive support to our clients. We do not sell or provide services such as insurance products, healthcare or investment services .

BUSINESS STRATEGIES:
Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc is applying the following business strategies: Total compensation reviews Market stock Compensation committee Market leaders Leading advisors Customer focused

CULTURE AND VALUES:


Their consultants are highly respected in industry and provide superior market insight, technical knowledge and innovative and customized knowledge. They have built up the firm around their clients best interests and this thing has leaded them to be the continuous leadership and long standing clients relationships.

SERVICES:
Their compensation consultation services include: Total compensation reviews Market stock Units, Incentive designs

Compensation committee advisory services Compliance Transaction services Corporate governance

COMPANYS PROFILE:
Hay Group is a global management consulting firm that works with leaders to transform strategy into reality. We develop talent, organize people to be more effective and motivate them to perform at their best. Their focus is on making change happen and helping people and organizations realize their potential. We have over 2,600 employees working in 84 offices in 48 countries. Their clients come from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, across every major industry and represent diverse business challenges. For over 60 years, they have been renowned for the quality of their research and the intellectual rigor of their work. We transform research into actionable insights. they give their clients breakthrough perspectives on their organization and we do it in the most efficient way to achieve the desired results.

MISSION STATEMENT:
Our focus is on making change happen and helping people and organizations realize their potential.

BUSINESS STRATEGY:
They believe that business success is to ensure that employees are correctively motivated, rewarded and clearly aware of their contribution and the part it plays in business strategy. Their business strategies are: Market leadership Growth Sustainability Innovation

CULTURE AND VALUES:

The Hay Group Global Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the Code) is the companys statement of commitment to the highest standards of integrity and ethical behavior. Acting with integrity in all we do will serve all stakeholders of the company, including their employees, owners, clients, vendors and communities. The scope of the Code is global. It applies to all Hay Group employees, associates, independent contractors and directors. Although the Code covers many subjects, it is intended to provide general guidance. Compliance has been a part of Hay Groups over 65 years of existence. Compliance is a very important company policy and one that is directly related to our future success. By establishing a culture of compliance, we may avoid undue risk and potential liability, and maintain and increase the value of the company. Monitoring compliance helps us to improve quality of their service and their relationships with clients and colleagues. Hay Group is dedicated to not only achieving compliance with the laws affecting our business, but exceeding legal standards.

SERVICES:
Their services include: Leadership and talent Reward services Building effective organizations Employee effectiveness surveys

QUESTION 2: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIES AND SERVICES:


1. FREDERIC W. COOK & CO. INC.
Their competitive edge is that they make compensation systems for Market stocks which really a unique service as they provide custom design bonus plans, profit sharing, long term performance plans or transaction based incentives. The process generally involves an in depth assessment of business strategies and performance, identification of optimal performance metrics that drive sustainable performance, setting goals that are fair to executives and key stakeholders and calibrating pay with sustained performance. This typically includes:

Benchmarking of competitive Performance metric selection and goal-setting Modeling of payout and performance scenarios Reward vehicle selection Accounting and economic cost analysis Comprehensive industry analysis Detailed absolute and relative performance assessments Customized business driver mapping Assessment of future growth value

Probability analysis for target setting and calibration. Their services are really unique and hard to imitate as they are focusing on every aspect of compensation thats why it is hard to just consider one strategy to make compensation system and to make its structure as this company has high strategies and services related to every single compensation element.

2. HAY GROUP:
Their services are those which support critical to maximize the performance of the people of clients firm by turning their strategy into reality and this is their competitive edge. They got every solution to the problems or challenges related to the following aspects: Capability assessment Leadership transformation Talent management Reward strategies Total reward framework Executive rewards

Job evaluation Reward information services Benefits Strategic performance management Work measurement Work alignment Work fit Work value

This firm focuses on individualism that it relates the strategy of a firm with every single individual working in it whether its an employer or an employee.

QUESTION 3:
Based on the study I critically analyzed I will prefer to work for Hay Group as they are individual focused and they believe in upbringing of talent and innovation as being a HR manager its a duty to motivate every single individual of my company and to reward his talent and innovation rather that seeing the whole business or corporate.

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